Metsploitable Metasploitable 2 is an intentionally vulnerable Ubuntu Linux virtual machine that is designed for testing common vulnerabilities. This virtual machine (VM) is compatible with VMWare, VirtualBox, and other common virtualization platforms. From https://docs.rapid7.com/metasploit/metasploitable-2/ Download …
Read MoreA Windows Server key will allow you to create a Windows virtual machine (the number of virtualised instances depends on if it is Esstentials, Standard or Datacenter and more information can be found at the Microsoft Product Licensing Page). In order for an OEM key to active, it must be able to see some BIOS …
Read MoreDuring troubleshooting a customer issue, I stumbled accross this a tool which would be very useful helping to understand the causes of system failures while using a VMware ESXi host. The tool is question is VMware Skyline Health Diagnostics. This is a virtual applicance which you can use to analyse Support Logs from an …
Read MoreThis is something that I do relatively often, and yet, for some reason, I always forget how to do this and end up having to look up how to guides... well here comes another one! It is possible to have a QEMU host boot a virtual machine created for ESXi or VMware Workstation Player. In order do this, you will need an …
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